Joel 3
1 [Yahweh says this]: “At that time [DOU], I will enable [the people of] Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah to prosper again.
見よ、わたしがユダとエルサレムとの幸福をもとに返すその日、その時、
2 [Then] in the Valley of Judgment I will gather together [the people of] all the [other] nations; I will judge [and punish] them because they scattered my Israeli people and forced them to go to other countries. They divided up my land
わたしは万国の民を集めて、これをヨシャパテの谷に携えくだり、その所でわが民、わが嗣業であるイスラエルのために彼らをさばく。彼らがわが民を諸国民のうちに散らして、わたしの地を分かち取ったからである。
3 and they (threw marked stones/cast lots) to determine who would get [each of] my people. Then they sold [some of] the Israeli boys and girls [to get money to pay] for prostitutes and wine to drink.
彼らはわが民をくじ引きにし、遊女のために少年をわたし、酒のために少女を売って飲んだ。
4 You [people of] [APO] Tyre and Sidon [cities] and [you people of] the Philistia [region], I certainly have not [RHQ] done anything to harm you! [So] if you are trying to get revenge on me, I will very quickly get revenge on you.
ツロとシドンよ、ペリシテのすべての地方よ、おまえたちは、わたしとなんのかかわりがあるか。おまえたちはわたしに報復をしようとするのか。もしおまえたちがわたしに報復しようとするなら、わたしは時をうつさず、すみやかに、おまえたちのおこないの報復をおまえたちの頭上にこさせる。
5 You have taken the silver and gold and [other] things from my temple and put them in your temples.
これはおまえたちがわたしの銀と金とをとり、わたしの貴重な宝をおまえたちの宮に携え行き、
6 [You dragged away] the people of Jerusalem and [other places in] Judah, and you took them far away and sold them to people in Greece.
またユダの人々とエルサレムの人々とをギリシヤびとに売って、その本国から遠く離れさせたからである。
7 But I will cause my people to want to return from the places to which you sold them, and I will do to you what you did to them.
見よ、わたしはおまえたちが売ったその所から彼らを起して、おまえたちのおこないの報復をおまえたちの頭上にこさせる。
8 Then I will cause [some of] your sons and your daughters to be sold to the people of Judah! And [some of] them will be sold to the Sabea people-group, who live far away. [That will certainly happen because I], Yahweh, have said it.”
わたしはおまえたちのむすこ娘たちをユダの人々の手に売る。彼らはこれを遠い国びとであるシバびとに売ると、主は言われる」。
9 Proclaim to the [people of all] nations, “Prepare for a war! Summon your soldiers, and tell them to stand in their battle positions.
もろもろの国民の中に宣べ伝えよ。戦いの備えをなし、勇士をふるい立たせ、兵士をことごとく近づかせ、のぼらせよ。
10 [Take] your plows and make swords from them, and [take] your pruning knives and make spears from them. [Even] the weak people must [also] be like [MET] [strong] soldiers.
あなたがたのすきを、つるぎに、あなたがたのかまを、やりに打ちかえよ。弱い者に「わたしは勇士である」と言わせよ。
11 All you [people from the] nations that are near [Judah] must come quickly and gather [in the Valley of Judgment].” But Yahweh, [when that happens], send your army [of angels to attack them]!
周囲のすべての国民よ、急ぎ来て、集まれ。主よ、あなたの勇士をかしこにお下しください。
12 The [people in] the nations near [Judah] must get ready and come to the Valley of Judgment. There Yahweh will sit and judge [and punish] them.
もろもろの国民をふるい立たせ、ヨシャパテの谷にのぼらせよ。わたしはそこに座して、周囲のすべての国民をさばく。
13 [They are like] [MET] crops that are ready to be harvested; so [strike them like] [MET] [a farmer] swings his sickle to cut the grain. They are like [MET] grapes that are piled high in the pits where they will be pressed; because they are very wicked, [punish them severely] [MET] now, like [MET] [a farmer] tramples on the grapes until the pits are full of juice.
かまを入れよ、作物は熟した。来て踏め、酒ぶねは満ち、石がめはあふれている。彼らの悪が大きいからだ。
14 [There will be] huge crowds of people in that Valley of Judgment. It will soon be the time that Yahweh [will punish them].
群衆また群衆は、さばきの谷におる。主の日がさばきの谷に近いからである。
15 [At that time] there will be no light from the sun or moon, and the stars will not shine.
日も月も暗くなり、星もその光を失う。
16 From Zion [Hill] in Jerusalem Yahweh will shout, and his voice will be like thunder, and his voice will cause the sky and the earth to shake. But Yahweh will protect [MET] his people; he will be like [MET] a strong wall behind which the people of Israel will be protected.
主はシオンから大声で叫び、エルサレムから声を出される。天も地もふるい動く。しかし主はその民の避け所、イスラエルの人々のとりでである。
17 [Yahweh says], “At that time, you Israeli people will know that I am Yahweh, your God. I live on Zion, my sacred hill. Jerusalem will be a sacred [city], and [soldiers from] other countries will never conquer it again.
「そこであなたがたは知るであろう、わたしはあなたがたの神、主であって、わが聖なる山シオンに住むことを。エルサレムは聖所となり、他国人は重ねてその中を通ることがない。
18 At that time, there will be vineyards covering [MTY] the hills, and [your cattle and goats on] those hills will produce plenty of milk. The streams in Judah will never dry up. And a stream will flow from my temple into the Acacia Valley [northeast of the Dead Sea].
その日もろもろの山にうまい酒がしたたり、もろもろの丘は乳を流し、ユダのすべての川は水を流す。泉は主の家から出て、シッテムの谷を潤す。
19 [The armies of] Egypt and Edom attacked the people of Judah and killed [MTY] many people who had not done anything that was wrong. So [now] those countries will become deserts,
エジプトは荒れ地となり、エドムは荒野となる。彼らはその国でユダの人々をしえたげ、罪なき者の血を流したからである。
20 but there will always be people living in Jerusalem and [in other places] in Judea.
しかしユダは永遠に人の住む所となり、エルサレムは世々に保つ。
21 [I], Yahweh, live on Zion [Hill in Jerusalem], and I will get revenge on the people [of Egypt and Edom] who killed [MTY] [many of my people].”
わたしは彼らに血の報復をなし、とがある者をゆるさない。主はシオンに住まわれる」。
